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| Judge Set To Rule On Force-Feeding Of Inmate |
| By courant.com |
| Published: 11/12/2009 |
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HARTFORD — - After closing arguments Tuesday that explored issues such as medical ethics, prison security and First Amendment and privacy rights, a judge will now decide if prison officials may continue to force-feed hunger-striking inmate William Coleman. Coleman, a native of Liverpool, England, is challenging the Department of Correction's bid to make permanent a temporary injunction that Superior Court Judge James T. Graham issued in January 2008 that allows the state to feed Coleman forcibly. Coleman was convicted in 2005 of raping his wife, a conviction that he says was unjust. He has exhausted almost all of his appeals. Coleman, who is scheduled to be released in December 2012, insists that he is not asking for any specific remedy for his own case, but is protesting what he calls a corrupt judicial system. Since a five-day hearing that ended in February, lawyers for Coleman and the correction department have filed extensive briefs, and last week they were called in unexpectedly by Graham to make closing oral arguments. Read More. |
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